Tuesday, May 8, 2012

According to His will

1Jn 5:14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1Jn 5:15  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

According to His will.

His will.

We want OUR will to be His will, don't we?

He doesn't bend to our will, and by that I mean, God will NEVER compromise any principle whatsoever in order to allow us to have our will. God will NEVER condone wrong doing, anything sinful for us is INSTANTLY against His will.

What is God's will?

Mat 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Thy kingdom come- Thy will be done.

For us, God's will is His kingdom.

Anything, and everything for His kingdom.

We've all heard, read, seen things - books, movies, shows about earthly kingdoms, fictional perfect kingdoms and how the quest for the kingdom and the things of that kingdom becomes all important. Slay the dragon, get the girl, live happily ever after in the kingdom, that perfect kingdom. This is a fantasy- and by that we mean it's a total fabrication- a mere dream- a wish- it doesn't exist on earth, not yet.  But we HAVE these longings for fantasy to become reality, these little pinpricks of hope for something better to replace the world we live in. Why do we have that? Because there REALLY, there TRULY is a KINGDOM, a better KINGDOM! It EXISTS! It's NOT FANTASY! It's REAL! And it is God's will that HIS KINGDOM COME- a kingdom for US to inhabit, for US to live in with HIM, a PERFECT KINGDOM.

The mistake people make is putting that fantasy kingdom on an earthly level, filling it with things that are of the world and sin,  and not things of God.  They bring their greed- their lust for riches, their lust for flesh pleasure, their lust for power- they bring all this to the kingdom they want to inhabit and that is NOT God's kingdom and will NEVER be God's kingdom.

If we ask any thing according to God's will He WILL hear us- there is NO DOUBT that He will HEAR us because we are asking in harmony with His will, in harmony with His kingdom, the kingdom our Savior left His place in heaven for and took on flesh so He could offer us a chance to live in God's kingdom one day.

His will must be our will, our desire, our longing- to be one with Him again some day free from all that separates us. Towards this end we must ask God our petitions.

1Jn 5:14  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1Jn 5:15  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

All by HIS LOVE and GRACE forever!

May His kingdom come, His WILL be done.

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